BAA BOYS BASKETBALL

The Bloomington Athletic Association delivers fun, affordable, and safe youth sports experiences, fueled by our passionate volunteers. Our Boys Basketball program provides kids from 2nd – 12th grade the opportunity to develop in the areas of sportsmanship, teamwork, and strengthening motor skills all while having fun in a family-friendly atmosphere.

BAA Boys Basketball Program Overview:

The season runs for Boys Basketball from January to March. There are typically Player & Coaches Clinic, pre-season practices, an exhibition game, 8-12 regular-season games with 2 – 3 additional practices, depending on the grade level. There are no Wednesday activities. The program concludes with an end-of-season tournament in mid-March

Volunteers:

For our basketball program, volunteers are needed as coaches, assistant coaches, scorekeepers, and more. Check-in at sign-ups or register as a volunteer online today!

COACHING: As always we are completely dependent on you as parents to help make this sport the best it can be by volunteering your time as a head coach, assistant coach, scorekeeper, or umpire. What better way to be involved with your children than to be a part of their team during the season? Without you, we cannot run this program!

BAA Tournaments and Playoffs:

BAA Playoffs and Tournaments are played for grades 2 – 12 with an opportunity to celebrate how the players and team made progress since the beginning of the season along with having some healthy competition. Parents/Guardians will be notified in advance on schedule, final playoff week information.

Boys 2nd – 12th grades

2nd/3rd Grade	Monday & Friday
4th Grade	Monday & Friday
5th – 6th Grade	Tuesday & Thursday
7th -8th Grade	Monday & Friday
9th – 10th Grade	Tuesdays & Saturdays (am)
11th – 12th Grade	Thursday & Saturday (am)

2nd – 3rd Grades

Age Group	2nbd - 3rd Grade
Experience	The athletes will begin the night with a Skill Development Competition, followed by a game. Please arrive on time to participate at the published game time.
Game Fundamentals	Our emphasis at this level is to improve individual skills of each player, to ensure that all Coaches are stressing skills in practice, and to provide a competitive situation to improve skills. Team play is also emphasized, with each Player sharing equally in the competition. Each game will have (4), (6) minute periods. For more details visit the Rules Book.
Where	BPS Elementary Schools
Season Dates	January - mid-March
Practice Days Games	Monday \| Friday 6:40 pm - 7:40 pm.
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts. BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$110

4th Grade

Age Group	4th Grade
Experience	The athletes will begin the night with a Skill Development Competition, followed by a game. Please arrive on time to participate at the published game time.
Game Fundamentals	Our emphasis at this level is to improve individual skills of each player, to ensure that all Coaches are stressing skills in practice, and to provide a competitive situation to improve skills. Team play is also emphasized, with each Player sharing equally in the competition. Each game will have (4), (6) minute periods. For more details visit the Rules Book.
Where	BPS Elementary Schools
Season Dates	January - mid-March
Practice Days Games	Monday \| Friday
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts. BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$110

5th – 6th Grades

Age Group	5th - 6th Grade
Experience	The athletes will begin the night with a Skill Development Competition, followed by a game. Please arrive on time to participate at the published game time.
Game Fundamentals	Our emphasis at this level is to improve individual skills of each player, to ensure that all Coaches are stressing skills in practice, and to provide a competitive situation to improve skills. Team play is also emphasized, with each Player sharing equally in the competition. Each game will have (4), (6) minute periods. For more details visit the Rules Book.
Where	BPS Schools
Season Dates	January - mid-March
Practice Days Games	Tuesday \| Thursdays 6:40 pm - 7:40 pm
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts. BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$110

7th – 8th Grades

Age Group	7th & 8th grade boys
Experience	BPS Schools
Game Fundamentals
Where
Season Dates	January - mid-March
Days & Time	Monday \| Friday 6:40 pm - 7:40 pm
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts. BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$120

9th – 10th Grades

Age Group	Grades 9th - 10th
Experience
Game Fundamentals
Where	BPS Schools
Season Dates	January - March
Days & Time	Tuesday 6:40 pm - 7:40 pm. Saturday AM’s
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts. BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$120

11th – 12th Grades

Age Group
Experience
Game Fundamentals
Where	Bloomington Public Schools
Season Dates	January - March
Practice Days Games	Thursday & Saturday
Equipment	Tennis shoes and gym shorts, BAA provides a t-shirt/jerseys for each player. Coaches will have basketballs for the team to use.
Registration \| Fees	$120

CONTACTS:

BAA Basketball- BOYS Level Directors
2nd \| 3rd Grade	Rick Zilka	boysbasketball@baaonline.org	952.831.8695 612.371.1178
4th Grade	Rick Zilka	boysbasketball@baaonline.org	952.831.8695 612.371.1178
5th \| 6th Grade	Rani Hayden	haydenrani@gmail.com	612.928.8856
7th \| 8th Grade	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Bantams	Pam Nieting	nietboys@gmail.com	952.884.5450
High School	Nick Barten	nick.barten@ziegler.com Heybartens@netscape.net	952.835.2375 952.887.4567

2018 BAA Basketball- BOYS Contacts
Basketball Commissioner	Rick Zilka	boysbasketball@baaonline.org	952.831.8695 or 612.371.1178
Equipment Director	Floyd Getty	boysbasketballequipment@baaonline.org	612.227.7726
Referee Coordinator	Rick Zilka	boysbasketball@baaonline.org	952.831.8695 612.371.1178
Referee Head	Rick Zilka	boysbasketball@baaonline.org	952.831.8695 612.371.1178
Administration	Stephanie Nicholson	admin@baaonline.org	952.373.1563
Scorekeeper	Sue Larson	taximom104@gmail.com

BAA BOYS BASKETBALL